Abstract

The wetland ecosystem not only supplies human with the production of ecosystem goods, such as pharmaceuticals, food, but also is one of the foundations of civilization and life support systems. With the in-depth understanding of the wetland ecosystem functions, the research of wetland ecosystem services evaluation has attracted much attention. This study summarizes connotation, classification and assessment methods of wetland ecosystem services. The several commonly used the methods of wetland ecosystem services valuation were chose, including market value, forestation cost, carbon tax, shadow project costs and travel cost. On this basis, the existing problem and the future development of wetland ecosystem service evaluation in China were discussed. Some suggestions were proposed in the future wetland ecosystem valuation and management in China. More attention should be paid to the systematic, integrity evaluation system establishment of wetland ecosystem service. Automatic continuous online monitoring system of wetland should be established, in order to provide more detailed and reliable dynamic data for the evaluation of wetland ecosystem service.

Keywords:

Assessment methods, China, ecosystem service, valuation, wetland,

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